State Trooper Mickael Nunez, 30, was listed in serious condition Monday at MaineGeneral in Augusta. Police say Nunez was hit Sunday in China by a car driven by Robert Belmain, 53, of Caribou.
Amy Calder
Staff Writer
Amy Calder covers Waterville, including city government, for the Morning Sentinel and writes a column, “Reporting Aside,” which appears Sundays in both the Sentinel and Kennebec Journal. She has worked at the newspaper since 1988, including a stint as bureau chief for the Somerset County Bureau in Skowhegan, and has covered a variety of beats. A Skowhegan native, she holds a bachelors in English from University of Hartford and completed post-graduate work at the School of Education at University of Massachusetts at Amherst. She has received numerous of awards from the Maine Press Association and New England Associated Press News Executives Association and is author of the book, "Comfort is an Old Barn," a collection of curated columns published by Islandport Press. Calder lives in Waterville with her husband, Philip Norvish, a retired Sentinel reporter and editor.
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State police continue search for human remains in Unity
Two Maine State Police specialty units returned Wednesday to Sandy Stream in Unity where they searched the area for additional human remains after part of a skeleton from an adult male was found in the stream May 30 by kayakers.
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Family mourns man shot in Waterville on Saturday as investigation continues
Dan Tracy, father of Waterville shooting victim Joe Tracy, said his son loved animals, his nephews and nieces, and racing motorcycles, but he did not tell them who shot him or why.
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Police: Man, 33, dies after weekend shooting at Waterville apartment
Waterville and Maine State police continue to investigate the shooting Saturday of Joseph Tracy. No arrest had been made as of Monday.
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Skowhegan girl, 16, helps rescue father and sister after boat capsizes
Kiana French swam the length of six football fields to shore Sunday after the aluminum boat in which she, her father and sister were fishing on Parlin Pond took on water and capsized in high winds.
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Cedar Ridge in Skowhegan reports all COVID-19 test results are negative
The nursing rehabilitation and long-term care facility reported Friday that the Norovirus also is gone from the center.
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Four arrested, suspect at large after motorcycle chase in Canaan, Pittsfield
Deputies from the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office and a wrecker driver were allegedly punched by family members of a motorcyclist who led a deputy sheriff on a high-speed chase Sunday night through Canaan and Pittsfield.
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Longtime Skowhegan police officer’s home heavily damaged by fire
The fire reported at 7 Dinsmore St. in Skowhegan early Wednesday damaged about half of the duplex where police Officer Joel Cummings, his wife Michelle, Michelle’s sister, Melanie Alexander, and her daughter, Alexis, lived.
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Hartland tannery to close by summer’s end, leaving 115 out of work
The Tasman Leather Group announced Monday the coronavirus pandemic has forced it to cease operations at the tannery.
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Waterville City Council to consider emergency housing for first responders
The council on Tuesday is also expected to review a proposal to allow the public to take part in public municipal meetings held online by either submitting written questions and comments before the meetings or calling in during meetings.